Safety clasp



Patented Mar. 30, 1926i.

v ERNEsT MILLER, 0E NEW YORK, N. fr.' A

SAFETY CLASP.

l vApplication filed March?, 1925. serial N0. 13,813.

T0012 whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, ERNEST MILLER, a"

` citizen of Switzerland, and resident of New York, in the county of New vYork and State of New York, have invented certain new` and useful Safety Clasps, of which thefol` lowing is a specification.

T his invention relates to improvements in safety-clips orrclasps, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a clasp which is simple and inexpensive inits construction, vand which will securely hold wallets, pocketbooks within the pocket of the wearer and will positively prevent eX- traction from the pocket b-y pick-pockets or the like.

Another object of the invention is the.

provision of a 4safety-clasp or clip for securely holding together valuable papers, bank notes or the Vlike protecting theml .against abstraction. f

A further object of the invention is .the provision of a safety-clip which can Lbe readily operated to clamp the wallet to the iap or inner pocket seam, or one which `may be safely put to many other uses, as for 1n-l stance necktie clasp or the like.v

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a4 safety clasp including a plurality of interlocking clamp plates adapted to readily clasp and unclasp.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known, as the description thereof1 proceeds, and will then be specifically defined in the appended claim.

'In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of Vthis disclosure: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a clasp kconstructed according to the invention with the clamp plates in alignment for allowing an attachment of the clasp'to an article.

Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, however with the clamp plates out of alignment for locking the clasp over an article andits support. 1

Fig. 4 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the clasp yshowing the same in use. 1

The clasp comprises a plate 10 or memberY made preferably from spring metal having an opening 11 therein, and bent upon itself at'its upper edge, 'as at 12, where it is equipped withv spaced reinforcing ribs 13 other.

of Vpart 17;

and 14 respectively on its outer face to `form a 'shank4 14l parallel to platelO.y

The .innerendv of shank14 is then out-V wardly bent, as at 215," and` then straight, to form. a shoulder plate or abutment 16,

whereupon .it isvv downwardly bent again,

as at 17 the abutmentl has the particular function tovbrin'g aboutthe movement of the shankslltoward andffawayfrom -each A clamp memberior plate 18 is pivotally attached near its upper end, as at 19', to

v the bent shank 14 andfis adapted to en-V gage the outer face thereof.

This plate 18 has at its lower ends rearwardly and downwardly directed yor extending fingers or elements 2() which are con nected by a pin 21 having headed ends, while the lower edge of plate 18 is formedv with knuckle-members 22 or the like corrugations. -On pin 21 are also pivotally secured the g f rearwardly directed lingers or elements 23,

pointing upwardly from another clamp plate 24, theinner vedge of which( has also a plurality of rounded knuckleemembers 25 adapted to engage into the. spaces between theV knuckles 22 in order to present a smooth outer face if Athe Aclasp is in the position shownin Figure 2. v

The plate 24 is pivotally secured, intermediatev its ends, as at 26, to thelower end The device operates as follows: If itis `desired to use 'the clasp for securing a wallet or the like article containing valuables within Va r.coat pocket, the

wallet is placed between member 10 and part 17 and the `engagement between members 22 and 25 is broken as'indicated in F igure'V 4, to hold the wallet inthe clasp. When' now the clasp and wallet are placed into ak coatl pocket, a pressure upon plates` 18 and 24 through the lining 27 of the pocket, Fig-v f 100 ure 5, will close the clamp platesf18 and 24 so that the material of the pocket lining 27 will be securely ygripped, between j members 22 and 25, and the clasp and wallet are thus securely held within the ,pocketv against stealthy withdrawal. Aslight pressure on the longer plate 24 will sullice to o-pen the claspV and the clasp and.. wallet can then readily Vbe removedv from thepocket.

It is to be understood that the drawing represents only one,'-the preferred form of my claspl` and that such Changes may be made in its construction and in the arrange ment of the minor details thereof, as fall within the scope of theappended claim, without departure. from the 'spiritot my invention. v

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let`n ters Patent is:

A safety-clasp of the class described7 comarisino a reinforced and 1)erforated s rinoy 2: l a:

ing. and connecting, the inner meeting edges of said clamp plates, knuckle members interengaging, formed at saidineeting edges, above said pin, one of said clamp plates pivotally secured near'its outer end to one of said Shanksl above the abutment formed therewith, and thel other of said plates pivotally secured intermediate. its ends to the same shankk and acting as an operating member to break the engagement between the inner meeting edges of both clamps for Varying. theV distance between yboth Shanks to allow a clasping of a wallet to .an inner coat pocket. n y u Signed at New York, in the county of' New-York and State of New York, this 4th day of March A. D. 1925.

. `ERYEST MILLER 

